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Once upon a time, the Onedrive search feature allowed you to search file contents, as well as file names.
Now it appears that Onedrive only allows you to search file names.
When did this change, and why? Content searches were a very practical feature.
Microsoft will lose users to better services (such as Google Drive) if it continues to make regressive changes like this. Being able to search file contents is a very low bar in 2024.
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Hello,
I hope Microsoft will do what is necessary, especially for a feature that was present before and works on all other drives on the market (Google for example).
Hello Tracy,
The search is not working, today is 22nd January 2025.
Do you have an update on the fix?
Thank you.
Hello,
The problem goes further. For example, by enabling the backup function of the Documents directory in the OneDrive space, the search engine is no longer able to search within the content of a file stored in the Documents folder.
Philippe.
16 February and I can't search within my files. This makes me much less productive.
The solution to this problem is obvious. Don't use OneDrive.